Descendents of HMS Bounty mutineers stage second uprising against Australian rule

Protesters in Norfolk Island – including descendants of the mutineers from HMS Bounty – have staged a second “mutiny”, occupying the grounds of the parliament to protest Australia’s move to take control of the tiny island.

Exactly 227 years after the original mutiny in which a group of British sailors set adrift Captain William Bligh, the protesters have refused to leave the grounds of the territory’s former legislative assembly.